Daily Memo: Germany and France Scrap Fighter Jet Plan

The project had hit major roadblocks.

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No-go. Germany and France have agreed not to pursue a landmark project to develop and build a new-generation fighter jet. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the matter on the sidelines of the EU-Western Balkans summit in Montenegro last week, reportedly concluding that a months-long impasse between the project’s two main […]

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